Method for collecting multimedia information and device thereof

Abstract

A device includes a storage configured to store a schedule of a user, the schedule including one or more events. The device further includes a communication interface configured to request an external device for multimedia data of an event in the schedule, based on time information of the event, and receive the multimedia data from the external device. The device further includes a controller configured to provide the multimedia data.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A device comprising:
 a memory that stores at least a schedule of a first user, the schedule comprising one or more events; 
 a communication interface configured to communicate with one or more external devices; and 
 a controller configured to:
 determine whether the first user participated in a scheduled event that ended; 
 based on determining that the first user did not participate in the scheduled event that ended, which is a missed event, transmit, to an external device via the communication interface, a request for multimedia data related to the missed event, the request for the multimedia data related to the missed event including time information of the missed event; and 
 based on receipt of the multimedia data related to the missed event that is transmitted from the external device responsive to the request for the multimedia data, store or display the received multimedia data related to the missed event that was transmitted from the external device, the received multimedia data being information from a second user that is different from the first user. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the missed event is at least one of an event in which the first user did not participate in at all or an event in which the first user partially participated in. 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 determine time information and location information of the one or more events; and 
 compare the time information and the location information of the one or more events with time information and location information of the first user to determine the scheduled event in which the first user did not participate. 
 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 determine overlapping events among the one or more events comprised in the stored schedule or among at least one event comprised in a schedule that is received from the external device; and 
 determine, among the overlapping events, the scheduled event in which the first user did not participate. 
 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 receive, via the communication interface from the external device, participant information of the scheduled event in which the user did not participate, and 
 cause the display to display the received participant information. 
 
     
     
       6. The device of  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 receive an input selection of identification information of another device in which the multimedia data of the scheduled event in which the user did not participate is to be searched, and 
 cause the communication interface to transmit the identification information of the other device to the external device, wherein the received multimedia data is found among multimedia data that is transmitted from the other device to the external device. 
 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 1 , further comprising: the display, wherein the controller is further configured to:
 cause the display to display a user interface configured to receive an input selection of a piece of the displayed multimedia data, and 
 store the selected piece of the displayed multimedia data in the memory. 
 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the memory stores multimedia data of the first user, and the controller is further configured to provide the stored multimedia data. 
     
     
       9. A method of collecting multimedia data, the method being performed by a device, the method comprising:
 storing a schedule of a first user, the schedule comprising one or more events; 
 determining whether the first user participated in a scheduled event that ended; 
 based on determining that the first user did not participate in the scheduled event that ended, which is a missed event, transmitting, to an external device, a request for multimedia data related to the missed event, the request for the multimedia data related to the missed event including time information of the missed event; and 
 based on receipt of the multimedia data related to the missed event that is transmitted from the external device responsive to the request for the multimedia data, storing or displaying the received multimedia data related to the missed event that was transmitted from the external device, the received multimedia data being information from a second user that is different from the first user. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , wherein the missed event is at least one of an event in which the first user did not participate in at all or an event in which the first user partially participated in. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 determining time information and location information of the one or more events; and 
 comparing the time information and the location information of the one or more events with time information and location information of the first user to determine the scheduled event in which the first user did not participate. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 determining overlapping events among the one or more events in the stored schedule or among at least one event comprised in a schedule that is received from the external device; and 
 determining, among the overlapping events, the scheduled event in which the first user did not participate. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving, from the external device, participant information of the scheduled event in which the user did not participate; and 
 displaying the participant information. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving an input selection of identification information of another device in which the multimedia data of the scheduled event in which the user did not participate is to be searched for; and 
 transmitting the identification information of the other device to the external device, wherein the received multimedia data is found among multimedia data that is transmitted from the other device to the external device. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 displaying the received multimedia data; 
 receiving an input selection of a piece of the displayed multimedia data; and 
 storing the selected piece of the displayed multimedia data. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 storing multimedia data of the first user; and 
 providing the stored multimedia data. 
 
     
     
       17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of collecting multimedia data, the method of collecting the multimedia data comprising:
 storing a schedule of a first user, the schedule comprising one or more events; 
 based on determining that the first user did not participate in the scheduled event that ended, which is a missed event, transmitting, to an external device, a request for multimedia data related to the missed event, the request for the multimedia data related to the missed event including time information of the missed event; and 
 based on receipt of the multimedia data related to the missed event that is transmitted from the external device responsive to the request for the multimedia data, storing or displaying the received multimedia data related to the missed event that was transmitted from the external device, the received multimedia data being information from a second user that is different from the first user. 
 
     
     
       18. A device comprising:
 a communication interface configured to communicate with one or more external devices; and 
 a controller configured to:
 determine whether a first user participated in a scheduled event that ended; 
 based on determining that the first user did not participate in the scheduled event that ended, which is a missed event:
 set a range in which multimedia data related to the missed event is to be searched for; and 
 transmit, to an external device via the communication interface, a request for the multimedia data related to the missed event of the first user, the request for the multimedia data related to the missed event of the first user including the set range in which the multimedia data related to the missed event is to be searched; and 
 
 based on receipt of the multimedia data related to the missed event that is found in the set range that is transmitted from the external device responsive to the request for the multimedia data, store or display the received multimedia data related to the missed event that was transmitted from the external device, the received multimedia data being information from a second user that is different from the first user. 
 
 
     
     
       19. The device of  claim 18 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the missed event based on an input selection of the first user. 
     
     
       20. The device of  claim 18 , wherein the range comprises at least one of identification information of another device in which the multimedia data is to be searched for, a type of the multimedia data, a period of time of the multimedia data, location information of the missed event, or a person comprised in the multimedia data.